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Cancer drug is no different in effectiveness as gold standard treatment for macular degeneration

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Investigators from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the VA Boston Healthcare System have shown, at 6 months in a small group of patients, that there is no difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, which appears currently on-line in the American Journal of Ophthalmology , is the first to report early outcomes of a prospective, double-masked, randomized, controlled trial co

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Cancer drug is no different in effectiveness as gold standard treatment for macular degeneration

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